第 9 节
作者:双曲线      更新:2021-02-27 03:07      字数:6070
  earth。
  Enter a Messenger。
  MESSENGER。   And   it   please   your   Majestie   heere   is   a   Frier   of   the
  order of the Jacobins; sent from the President of Paris; that craves accesse
  unto your grace。
  KING。 Let him come in。
  Enter Frier with a Letter。
  EPERNOUNE。 I like not this Friers look。 Twere not amisse my Lord;
  if he were searcht。
  KING。 Sweete Epernoune; our Friers are holy men; And will not offer
  violence to their King; For all the wealth and treasure of the world。 Frier;
  thou dost acknowledge me thy King?
  FRIER。 I my good Lord; and will dye therein。
  KING。 Then come thou neer; and tell what newes thou bringst。
  FRIER。 My Lord; The President of Paris greetes your grace; And sends
  his dutie by these speedye lines; Humblye craving your gracious reply。
  KING。 Ile read them Frier; and then Ile answere thee。
  FRIER。 Sancte Jacobus; now have mercye on me。                 He stabs the King
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  with a knife as he readeth the letter; and then the King getteth the knife
  and killes him。
  EPERNOUNE。 O my Lord; let him live a while。
  KING。 No; let the villaine dye; and feele in hell; Just torments for his
  trechery。
  NAVARRE。 What; is your highnes hurt?
  KING。 Yes Navarre; but not to death I hope。
  NAVARRE。   God   shield   your   grace   from   such   a   sodaine   death:   Goe
  call a surgeon hether strait。
  'Exit attendant。'
  KING。 What irreligeous Pagans partes be these; Of such as horde them
  of the holy church? Take hence that damned villaine from my sight。
  'Exeunt attendants with body'
  EPERNOUNE。   Ah;   had   your   highnes   let   him   live;   We   might   have
  punisht him for his deserts。
  KING。 Sweet Epernoune all Rebels under heaven; Shall take example
  by his   punishment;   How   they  beare armes   against   their   soveraigne。   Goe
  call the English Agent hether strait; Ile send my sister England newes of
  this; And give her warning of her trecherous foes。
  'Enter Surgeon。'
  NAVARRE。 Pleaseth your grace to let the Surgeon search your wound。
  KING。 The   wound   I   warrant   you is deepe   my   Lord;  Search   Surgeon
  and resolve me what thou seest。
  The Surgeon searcheth。
  Enter the English Agent。
  Agent for England; send thy mistres word; What this detested Jacobin
  hath done。 Tell her for all this that I hope to live; Which if I doe; the Papall
  Monarck goes To wrack; an antechristian kingdome falles。 These bloudy
  hands   shall   teare   his   triple   Crowne;   And   fire   accursed   Rome   about   his
  eares。 Ile fire his erased buildings and incense The papall towers to kisse
  the holy earth。 Navarre; give me thy hand; I heere do sweare; To ruinate
  this wicked Church of Rome; That hatcheth up such bloudy practices。 And
  heere    protest    eternall  love    to  thee;  And    to   the  Queene     of   England
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  especially; Whom God hath blest for hating Popery。
  NAVARRE。 These words revive my thoughts and comfort me; To see
  your highnes in this vertuous minde。
  KING。 Tell me Surgeon; shall I live?
  SURGEON。         Alas   my   Lord;   the  wound    is  dangerous;    For   you  are
  stricken with a poysoned knife。
  KING。 A poysoned knife? what; shall the French king dye; Wounded
  and poysoned; both at once?
  EPERNOUNE。 O that that damned villaine were alive againe; That we
  might torture him with some new found death。
  BARTUS。   He   died   a   death   too   good;   the   devill   of   hell   Torture   his
  wicked soule。
  KING。 Oh curse him not since he is dead。 O the fatall poyson workes
  within my brest; Tell me Surgeon and flatter not; may I live?
  SURGEON。 Alas my Lord; your highnes cannot live。
  NAVARRE。 Surgeon; why saist thou so? the King may live。
  KING。 Oh no Navarre; thou must be King of France。
  NAVARRE。 Long may you live; and still be King of France。
  EPERNOUNE。 Or else dye Epernoune。
  KING。 Sweet Epernoune thy King must dye。 My Lords; Fight in the
  quarrell of   this   valiant   Prince;  For   he is   your lawfull   King   and   my  next
  heire: Valoyses lyne ends in my tragedie。 Now let the house of Bourbon
  weare the crowne; And may it never end in bloud as mine hath done。 Weep
  not sweet Navarre; but revenge my death。 Ah Epernoune; is this thy love
  to me? Henry thy King wipes of these childish teares; And bids thee whet
  thy sword   on   Sextus bones; That   it may  keenly  slice the   Catholicks。  He
  loves me not the best that sheds most teares; But he that makes most lavish
  of his bloud。 Fire Paris where these trecherous rebels lurke。 I dye Navarre;
  come   beare   me   to   my   Sepulchre。   Salute   the   Queene   of   England   in   my
  name; And tell her Henry dyes her faithfull freend。
  He dyes。
  NAVARRE。 Come Lords; take up the body of the King; That we may
  see it   honourably interde: And then   I vow  so to   revenge his death; That
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  Rome   and   all   those   popish   Prelates   there;   Shall   curse   the   time   that   ere
  Navarre was King; And rulde in France by Henries fatall death。
  They   march       out   with   the   body   of   the   King;   lying    on   foure   mens
  shoulders with a dead march; drawingg weapons on the ground。
  FINIS。
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